Manually-propelled toy car



1,0. BROWN.

MANUALLY PROPEL-LED TOY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1919.

1,339,433; Patented May 11,1920.

75 Jw/N c. BRO/WV.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN COLLISON BROWN, OF NIAGARA FALIIS, ONTARIO, CANADA.

MANUALLY-PROPELLED TOY- CAR.

Application filed May 22, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CoLLIsoN BnowN, of the city of Niagara. Falls, in the county of lVelland, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manually-Propelled Toy Cars, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in manually propelled toy cars and the object of the invention is to devise a simple form of car which may be driven with a minimum amount of exertion and without the employment of foot power thereby eliminating the consequent wear upon boys shoes and which may be readily adaptable for use for boys of various sizes and in which the flexible drive is only under tension when in operation and it consists of the arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of my toy car.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section extending longitudinally through the car.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

1 indicates the body of the car which may be of a form to represent a military tank. The body 1 is hollow, being open for the most part in the bottom and provided in its upper wall with a slot 1 in proximity to the rear end and orifices 1 in proximity to the front or nose of the tank and the lower wall portion 1 with orifices 1 in a line with the orifices 1. 8 indicates the driving axle of the car. 1 indicates a hollow standard which is secured to the upper wall of the car intermediately of the car length. The standard 4 is hollow and provided with a jaw-shaped upper end 4* forming a ournal bearing for the shaft 5. 4 indicates a slot which is formed in the lower portion of the back wall of the standard 4. 6 indicates a pulley secured to the shaft '5 between the jaws 1 7 and 8 indicate crank arms secured to the ends of the shaft 5 and preferably set at right angles one to the other, being provided with handles 7* and 8 9 indicates the main driver which is in the form of a drum having wheel ends 9 and 9, the intermediate portion being provided with a groove 9 formed centrally between the wheel portions 9 and 9. 10 indicates a driving belt which extends at its lower Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1920.

Serial No. 298,884.

end around the grooved portion 9 and passing at its upper end around the pulley 6. The belt 10 extends through the slot 1 and the lower portion of the belt through the slot 41. 11 indicates the drivers seat, which is hingedly secured at its rear at 11 to the body of the car. The front of the seat is normally clear of the top of the car body and'is provided with a depending bracket 12 in which is journaled a belt tightening wheel 12 which rests upon the upper portion of the belt 10.

IVhen the driver of the car sits upon the seat the seat is depressed and the -wheel 12 forced against such belt to tighten it.

13 indicates a steering post, which is socured in alined orifices 1 and 1 by a cross pin 13 The lower end of the steering post 13 is provided with a fork 13 in which is journaled a steering wheel 13 13 indicate arms extending outwardly from the fork 13 and formed rigidly therewith. The feet of the operator of the car rest upon these arms when he sits upon the seat 11 and by forcing these arms either in one direction or the other steers the car as desired. As soon as the driver of the car sits upon the seat and the belt 10 tightened as above described the car is operated by turning the crank arms 7 and 8 so as to rotate the pulley 6 and thereby drive the belt.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simple form of toy car which may be .manually driven and in which the driving belt is held tight only during the driving of the car thereby obviating the stretching of the belt due to it being continually held taut.

What I claim as my invention is.

1. In a toy car, the combination with the car body, a pulley wheel and belt for driving the same, of a depressible seat actuated by the weight of the operator of the car for exerting tension upon said belt.

2. In a toy car, the combination with the car body provided with a suitable foot rest and seat, a standard extending upwardly from the body, a pulley wheel journaled within the standard, a crank arm for turn ing the pulley wheel, a driver mounted upon a suitable axle in the car body, a belt connecting the driver with the pulley wheel, means for steering the car, and means operated by the weight of the operator for exerting a tension upon the belt.

3. In a toy car, the combination with the meeting the driver with the pulley, means for steering the car, and means operated by the depression of the fore part of the seat for exerting tension upon the belt.

4. In a toy car, the combination with the car body provided with a suitable foot rest and seat hingedly secured at its rear to the car body, a standard extending upwardly from the body, a pulley wheel journaled Within the standard, a crank arm for turning the pulley wheel, adriver mounted upon a suitable axle in the car body, a belt connecting the driver with the wheel pulley, means for steering the car a bracket depending from the forepart of the seat, and a wheel journaled in the bracket and su portedupon the belt. a 1

5. In a toy car, the combination with the car body, apulley'wheel mounted upon the car body, manual means for rotating the pulley wheel, a driver mounted upon a suit able axle in the car body, a belt connecting the pulley wheel and driver, and means op,- erated by the weight of the operator of the car for exerting tension upon the belt.

, JOHN COLLISON BRO/Vii lVitnesses:

ANNA OFARRELL,

DOROTHY I. WILDERN. 

